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Article: Album Review

Graham Collier: Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days ’69

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In 1969, when the composer and bassist Graham Collier took his sextet to Stockholm Jazz Days to give a live performance of their album Down Another Road (Fontana, 1969), the presence of a British band onstage at a European jazz festival was exceptional. The idea that British musicians would one day have their names on the ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Guitarist Scott Emmerman

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Meet Scott Emmerman Scott Emmerman is a jazz-rock guitarist whose playing incorporates elements of r&b, jazz, & rock. Born in Chicago, Scott was steeped in the blues at an early age but became enamored with the music of Jimi Hendrix and later began to explore jazz through the music of John McLaughlin. He performed on guitar ...

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Article: Live Review

Al Di Meola at the Boulder Theater

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Al Di Meola Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado February 3, 2023 Psychologically speaking, having a split personality is usually a bad thing. Musically, it can be a delight. Guitarist Al Di Meola has had a musical split personality--one is acoustic, the other eclectric--for decades now. Two sides of the same coin, a ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bassist Francisco Fattoruso, Guitarist Jeremy Green and ARC Trio with Arceology

Read "Bassist Francisco Fattoruso, Guitarist Jeremy Green and ARC Trio with Arceology" reviewed by Len Davis


From Uruguay bassist Francisco Fattoruso, Canadian guitarist Jeremy Green, Derek Sherinian with Mike Stern, ARC Trio, and The Fabulous Austrian Trio. The The Mahavishnu Project and Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith. Plus Saturday Night In San Francisco with Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia. Playlist Francisco Fatturoso “Nuevos ...

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Article: Liner Notes

John Abercrombie: The First Quartet

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With the release of Arcade (1979), Abercrombie Quartet (1980) and M (1981), John Abercrombie's entire ECM discography as a leader is finally available on CD. Looking back at these albums and their position in his oeuvre, they are revealed as seminal documents of Abercrombie's arrival as a distinctive writer, improvising guitarist and bandleader, delivering on the ...

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Article: Liner Notes

The Trackers featuring Gary Husband & Alf Terje Hana: Vaudeville 8:45

Read "The Trackers featuring Gary Husband & Alf Terje Hana: Vaudeville 8:45" reviewed by Mike Jacobs


What appears next on a resumé as weighty as Gary Husband's is always a matter of musical interest. Even with long and satisfying associations with legends like John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth, the talented drummer/keyboardist continually seeks different worthy and intriguing paths to explore--whatever his vehicle of expression. So when his latest project is co-led by ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Tony Williams Lifetime, Rugerro Robin Jazz Trio, and Juan Cortes

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From 1970, The Tony Williams Lifetime with John McLaughlin. Tribal Tech, Indian drummer Darsham Doshi with Mohini Dey, Japanese bassist Juan Serita and Italian guitarist Rugerro Robin with his jazz trio.Playlist The Tony Williams Lifetime “To Whom It May Concern" from Turn It Over (Polydor) 00:00 Richie & Antti “Farenheit" from Generator (Legato) 06:19 ...

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Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 That's What Happened 1982-1985

Read "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 That's What Happened 1982-1985" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Eventually the steam roller that is the Miles Davis Bootleg Series was going to trundle into the trumpeter's 1980s comeback era. The preceding six volumes in this series have all been uniformly excellent--essential listening for the Davis completist. Volume 7, however, does not reach those heights. It is an uneven bag, much like Davis's 1980s output ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Antonio Sanchez and Louis Sicilliano

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Celebrating the Birthday of John McLaughlin with music from The Heart Of Things Live in Paris, Miles Davis, plus new music from Antonio Sanchez, Louis Siciliano, Sixun from France, Wasafiri from Texas, and guitarist B D Lenz from New York. Playlist Miles Davis “John McLaughlin" from Bitches Brew (Columbia) 00:00 John McLaughlin “The Heart ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitarist from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, and with other well- known players such as Chick Corea and Tony Williams. Before moving to ...


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